My friend from the AYE conference, John, just reminded me about the clip below. It has an important message, but there’s another reason to watch it too: the presentation is stunning. In the clip, Ken Robinson argues that our schools are using methods designed for a different age. Those methods are no longer helpful. We […]
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Sketchnoting a Russell Ackoff talk
Listening to Russell Ackoff speaking, I “sketchnoted” this in Brushes on my iPad. I’m a very visual thinker, so this is a way for me to make things stick a little better in my brain, plus it’s very fun and relaxing to do. I don’t worry to much about my handwriting and general drawing skills. […]
New Russell Ackoff Videos
Here’s a set of Rusell Ackoff videos I just discovered. I might go ahead and collect all my Ackoff resources on one page some day, but for now I’ll just serve these new ones up like this. Enjoy.
Tankar om rollerna i Scrum
Jag skriver på en bok med arbetsnamnet “Nyckeln till Scrum”. Min erfarenhet säger mig att de som lyckas bäst med Scrum är de som inte bara kan metodens praktiska steg, utan som också förstår varför den är utformad som den är. Beväpnad med den förståelsen öppnar sig också vägen framåt, möjligheten att gå bortom Scrum. […]
The Power of Completion: Great vs Excellent Teachers
When I practiced aikido, I was struck by the difference between good and excellent teachers. The good teacher would be more than willing to correct me when I did something wrong. Too willing, in fact. So eager were they to instruct me that they would interrupt me mid-motion to show me how to improve. The […]
An Exercise for Defining Done for Scrum Teams
In this post, I’m going to share an exercise you could try for helping a team start their journey towards a clear and shared definition of what it means to done with a feature in a software product. I’m looking at this from the perspective of agile development with Scrum, but my guess is you […]
Who’s That From?
One of my fears when writing is that I will replicate, nay steal, what someone else has already said. – “Come on, everything has been said before”, was what I was told when I revealed my fear to a couple of speaking partners at the AYE conference a couple of years ago. Speaking of the […]
A Stack Exchange on Scrum
Intrigued by the possibilites of the Stack Exchange platform, I’ve proposed a site for questions & answers on the topic of Scrum. On the Stack Exchange platform users: Post questions and answers Vote answers up or down, depending on how helpful they think the answers are Grow their ability to moderate the site as they engage […]
How To Succeed With Any Method, Eventually
Pick a method, any method Apply it mindfully, considering your unique context Review the results you get carefully Accept the results as your own, and learn from them Make conscious adjustments Repeat 2-6 long enough to understand the method Have you made a method work for you? How did you make it fit in your […]
How To Fail With Any Method, Guaranteed
Start out with a lack of experience Because of this lack, put your faith in a method that should be able to help you Apply the method half-heartedly, get bad results Blame the method, don’t accept responsibility for your own results Because you’re not responsible, don’t bother learning anything, get no valuable experience Search for […]